Facial ice packer



Jan. 21, 1930. E. w. TOADVINE FACIAL ICE PACKER Filed June 2 1927Patented Jan. 21, 1930 STATES PATENT OFFICE FACIAL ICE PACKERApplication filed June 20,

This invention relates to vanity appurtenances, and in particular to anovel facial ice-packer. A prevalent and popular method of closing thepores of the skin and of beautifying and strengthening the facialtissues is to apply an ice-pack to the face, gently rubbing the sameagainst the skin. This method has long since been carried out byenclosing the ice in a towel or the like and rubbing the face. This,however, is quite difficult to perform and quite unpleasant, as thesharp cor- 11ers of the ice project through the towel and causediscomfort to the face, while at the same time, the melting of the icecauses water to trickle down the sides of the face and endanger theclothing of the user.

My invention has been perfected to remedy this discomfort andcontemplates a novel construction and arrangement of parts whereby icemay be conveniently held in a pack within a compact container shaped tofit the face, means being provided for filling the container and fordraining the same.

With these and many other objects in view, which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, which will hereinafter be more fully described, illustrated, andclaimed.

The essential features of the invention involved in the carrying out ofthe objects in dicated are susceptible to modification; but a preferredembodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the device in actual operation.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the device, a part being broken away to betterreveal the nature of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the device, parts being broken away to showthe assembled elements thereof.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar referencecharacters designate similar parts throughout, the various figuresdescribed above adequately illustrate my invention, and the followingdetailed description is commensurate with the above 1927. SerialNo.200,013.

mentioned drawings in enabling an artisan to construct and assemble theconstituent parts of the same.

The device involves in its general organization, a substantiallyelliptical container which is curved adjacent one end. This con taineris designated at and is. with the exception of its curvature, in theform of a flat receptacle having rounded corners 11, front and rearsurfaces 12 and 13, and a substantially elliptical side surface 14. Thelower end of the container is curved outwardly, as shown in Figure 2.

While this container may be constructed in any suitable manner and ofany suitable material, yet it is preferable to form the same of lightsheet metal such as aluminum on account of its cheapness, strength,durability, attractiveness and salable features, and its highcoeflicient of heat transmission. A filling plug is provided in the topof the side wall of the container and is threaded as at 20. An ice-pickextends through this filling plug with its outer end provided with asuitable handle or the like 41.

Perforations 22, formed in the top surface of thecontainer, permitmoisture to pass through these walls when the top area of the device isapplied to the face.

The above parts adequately define my invention, and it is thought thatthe use of the device as portrayed in Figure 1, is selfevident. It is tobe noted that when the container is filled with ice as shown in Figure2, it is not necessary to moisten the face, as vapor of condensationwould be deposited on the surface of the container as long as there is asufficient difference in temperature between the container andatmosphere to provide a dew point between the same; and as the surface12 (which is the applying surface) is applied to the face, this vapor ofcondensation will be sufficient to moisten the face. However, it isevident that if additional moisture is required, this will be suppliedthrough the perforations in the container.

In addition, liquid which collects in the bottom of the container may bepoured through these apertures without removing the filling From theforegoing, it is thought that the construction, use and many advantagesof the herein-described facial ice-packer will be adequately understood.It Will be further understood that certain material alterations in theconstruction may be effected Without having a deleterious effect uponthe efficiency of my device. The minor details in the construction willat all times of course, be performed Within the scope and spirit of thesubjoined claims.

What I claim by this invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is:

1. A facial ice-packer comprising a container, a filling plug for thesame, an ice-pick carried by said filling plug, and a handle on saidfilling plug.

2. A facial ice-packer comprising a container, a filling plug for thesame, and an icepick carried by said filling plug.

3. A facial ice-packer comprising in combination a rigid container ofsmall Width, one end of said container having a filling plug thereinthere being apertures through said container, and an ice-pick extendingthrough said filling plug.

4. A facial ice packer comprising in combination a rigid container and afilling plug therefor, one side of said container being concave toconform to the tissues of the face and having a plurality of aperturestherein to permit seepage of liquid therethrough.

5. A facial ice packer comprising in combination a rigid container, afilling plug therefor, one side of said container being concave toconform to the tissues of the face and having a plurality of aperturestherein to permit seepage of liquid therethrough, and an ice pickcarried by said filling plug.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ERNEST V. TOADVINE.

